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Lung transplantation for COPD/pulmonary emphysema
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DOI：10.1183/16000617.0116-2022.png)
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COPD and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency emphysema remain one of the major indications for lung transplantation. If all other treatment possibilities are exhausted or not possible (including rehabilitation, oxygen therapy, noninvasive ventilation, lung volume reduction), patients may qualify for lung transplantation. Strict selection criteria are implemented with a lot of relative and absolute contraindications. Because of an ongoing donor shortage, only a minority of endstage COPD patients will finally get transplanted. The procedure may involve a single or a double lung transplantation, dependent on the experience of the centre, the waiting list, the availability of donor lungs and the patient's risk-benefit ratio. In general, the life expectancy as well as the health-related quality of life after lung transplantation for COPD are usually increased, and may be somewhat better after double compared with single lung transplantation. Several specific complications can be encountered, such as the development of solid organ cancer and chronic lung allograft dysfunction, which develops in up to 50% of patients within 5 years of their transplant and has a major impact on long-term survival, because of the current inefficient treatment modalities.
Keywords:
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY
ADULT LUNG
SURVIVAL BENEFIT
COPD PATIENTS
NONINVASIVE VENTILATION
PULMONARY-HYPERTENSION
RESPIRATORY-FAILURE
PREDICTORS
DEFICIENCY
MORTALITY
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